I would raise my daughter to be strong and independant and make sure she question's everything, regardless of who it was being questioned. Teachers, judges, policemen, everything.

All too often nowadays kids are taught to fear adults and authority figures. Just like everyone else, an adult should earn the respect of their students and those under then. It should not be assumed.

Kids should respect all adults from the beginning, THEN if the adult does something wrong they should lose respect, not the other way around.

In this way, the kid can be taken advantage of by malevolent adults before they realize that their trust is misplaced...

I never said you have to trust them. Trust & respect are two different things. I can treat a person with respect and not believe a single word they said, do anything they ask, or trust them as far as I could throw them. Respect is just good manners,

We must be using the word differently.

I can show good manners to an individual that I have no respect for more easily than I can distrust someone that I do respect.

Yeah, also it's because we approach that part of life in the opposite manner from each other, and maybe it's cultural too. I'm part of a racial minority (1st generation born outside of ancestral home).

I'm going to be a loving bitch. lol Tough, fairly critical, "scary" when mad and woken up, and moderately protective (not a hover-parent); however, they'll have alot of freedom to be kids. I won't put up with stupid crap, though, and they better not expect me to cater to their every want. I'm not a big fan of most electronic devices and toys, and my child-raising will reflect it. I like pseudo-organic and holistic approaches to food and medicine, so alot of people will probably mistake them for vegans, vegetarians, and hipsters. They WILL grow up with the presence of anime and manga, of course.

But....I'd raise them in no particular special way other than preventing them from accessing the internet (yes, no smart phones, too) until they get into high school or later. It'll surely force them to develop better social skills, as they will need to actually interact with people to convey anything.

But...how would they meet up with their friends if they don't have a phone? What if they get lost, how would they reach you? What if there's an emergency, payphones can almost never be found. How would they reach the cops? You could be putting your children in danger!

I am a christian, if I had kids, I would never hit or spank my children, Most christians think that God, Jesus Christ, and thy Holy Spirit of God would require spanking. I disagree with all spankers and supossedly should all of you. The Bible made itself clear that we're NEVER suppose to hit or spank children, even with things that are never ever and never ever will be and never ever suppose to be meant, ever at all [under any circumstances] to hit or spank our children. Why would people say that spanking and abuse would be two different things? It's because they're taking excuses for 9/11, Osama Bin Laden, Boston Marathon Bombings, George Zimmerman, Casey Anthony, Adolf Hilter, Satan, and others bad people and criminals all around Planet Earth such as the person behind "The Dark Knight Rises" Midnight Showing Massacre and an armed robbery. Stop forcing children to do whatever you want! How would a trainer feeling disrespected and beating up his or her Pokemon even with things that are never and never suppose to be meant for hitting their Pokemon to hit them for losing to another one called being a real Pokemon Master?! How would meisters force humans to listen by letting a kishin eat his or her soul[s] if they don't listen have them to listen and solve problems? Does Lex Luthor even care about the Justice League or citizens everywhere? Does everybody want Warner Bros. to announce that Ben Affleck has been already set to play the role Bruce Wayne and Batman in the future DC Comics Batman Vs. Superman motion picture dealing with "World's Finest", "Batman : The Dark Knight Returns Parts 1 & 2" and multiple episodes of "Superman: The Animated Series" and "The Justice League Merchandise"? Does Naruto always wanted Sasuke to be back with his friends or to be with Orochimaru? Did Sakura feel happy without Sasuke? Did the Mandarin' destroyed Iron Man's house?! Did Ash want to give away Pikachu to Team Rocket? Well, ask me and you'll find out instead of spanking and hitting children for your answers to your questions and to your problems! The Word of God straight from the Bible and only the Bible and none else, "Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child" was mistakenly and satanicly translated to spanking and hitting children even with rods, sticks and oither things etc... by false prophets and humans and only false prophets and humans.....Never God, Jesus Christ, Thy Holy Spirit Of God, and the bible supposedly! ever! There's also been science studies showing that spanking causes mental illness and I ,myself, agree that It's child abuse and child abusive and supposedly should you! And there's many adults, etc... saying that they've been spanked even things that are never meant for hitting and they have become good people. Well, I disagree with all of them. Why are we introducing our way to our bruises and cuts all over our body?It never made any common sense for any adults or other people to say that they have been spanked and it would turn people into better, smart, and kind people and changed their lives! ever!/red]I am glad and happy, without using pride [sin], to extremely, strongly, and powerfully forbid you people, child abusers and spankers reading on your computer, on your mobile device in the movie theatres, Restuarants, ice cream parlors, McDonalds', Burger King, KFC, Pizza Hut, Homes aka Houses, Dunkin' Donuts, your Grandmother's house, your Grandfather's house, your reletavies' house, your friends' house, on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook , Flickr, Crunchyroll, Yahoo, Bing, Google, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Delta, American Airlines, U.S. Airways, an arena, a stadium, at a football game or baseball game, the bar, the pub, colleges, schools, churches at dinner, work, home from work, and anywhere, etc.... Including ,Disney Land, Disney World, Six Flags, Kings Island, Cedar Point, Krispy Kreme, hotels, flights, and even Universal Studios [under any circumstances even when NBC, MSNBC, Fox News, CBS, ABC, CNN, and ESPN said so] to never [it feels good to say this to all of you] and never suppose to [ever at all] to hit or spank your children even as discipline, even with rods, belts, bottles, hands, extension cable cord, sticks, of anything that are never suppose to be meant,ever at all since day one of Planet Earth, to hit or spank your children, pets, wives, or anybody ever at all and/or ever again if you spank your children My family use to hit and spank me even with sticks and belts when I was a kid and it never worked. I spanked some dogs and I realized that it's abuse. If you use things and hands to smack, spank and punish your children, you're making excuses for slavery. Why must you hit children? i hate spanking so very much. I will slam spanking. I will put my foot down on spanking. Spanking is not from God. It's just a stupid decision for parents to make. It's a stupid, deceptive choice. It's just a dumb idea. I'll talk to you about more on this tomorrow when I'm done with my shower. Good Night.

P.S. FYI [For Your Information] - To all of you spankers who love to spank your children, ABC's Supernanny is a good parent than any of you lazy parents, because spanking never worked ever. Think about it. You're always being lazy and finding easy ways out of your discipline problems by spanking them instead of trying to discipline them like you're suppose to, since day zero of this planet. I'll pray for all of you to stop hitting and spanking children and understand their weaknesses

In England there are two main types of children/adolescence at the moment, ones that behave, do their school work and keep their opinions to themselves and a close knit of friends where on the other hand we have ones that hang round in peer pressured groups of 7 or more who find it necessary to belittle anyone around them that are different in the slightest way.

This is based on what neighborhood they grew up in, how their parents allowed them to and such. If they were to keep them locked away in their house forced them to do work obviously it'll cause them to have better grades later on in life but it would damage their social prowess, or were they to allow their children to do what ever they want it a big risk on what attitude they would develop towards attitude whether it be positive or negative.

My question to you guys is, how would you raise you children?

well, i would not lock them in my house and force them to work, that's just asking for them to be rebellious and hang out in peer pressured groups
you gotta let them do some exploring on their own
although I would give them advice on what to do and what not to do
im not to sure, im to young to have children and i dont think ill be having any any time soon
but i think it's a bad idea to force things on them
you gotta like make yourself a role model as a parent and a damn good one

I would raise my children somewhat how my parents have raised my brothers and I.
My parents have showed us that they love us and support us in anything and everything.
They raised us to be well rounded people. We are pretty social:love going out and having a good time but also get our shit done when we have to. Lol
If I would stray from what my parents did it would be letting my children go out more and well the whole having a relationship thing. I remember countless times my parents not letting me go out with my friends and if they did I had to be home by 12pm. Also since I'm the youngest and only girl my parents (mostly my dad) didnt allow me to date a guy in middle school nor high school. Shoot even now if I'm dating a guy he has to meet my parents to be actually considered my boyfriend and not a guy friend.

But....I'd raise them in no particular special way other than preventing them from accessing the internet (yes, no smart phones, too) until they get into high school or later. It'll surely force them to develop better social skills, as they will need to actually interact with people to convey anything.

But...how would they meet up with their friends if they don't have a phone? What if they get lost, how would they reach you? What if there's an emergency, payphones can almost never be found. How would they reach the cops? You could be putting your children in danger!

I'm not putting them in danger, as I am not the one thrusting them into dangerous situations.

I'll just give them a really really old phone with no advanced functions lol

Remember me, it's me. I would be a peaceful parent now like you're suppose to be since day zero of planet Earth. Peaceful parenting changed my life into a beautiful and respectful one. Last Night, I told you are never and/ or to never again, if you ever spanked your children, ever to hit or spank children even with things that are never suppose to be meant for hitting and spanking children, even as discipline. God forbid it's children to hit or spank children. I'm not going to hit or spank my children, pets, wives, or pets, if I have them, even as discipline ever at all. I am not only talking me or you, I am also talking to everyone around the world from The Horn of Africa to Ceaser's Palace, Universal Studios Singapore to Zamba, New Mexico to Austrailia, Six Flags Magic Mountain to Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom Theme Park, The Coca-Cola Company to Universal Studios, Amercian Airlines to Japan Airlines and China Airlines, and the Gruman's Chinese Theatre. If you're fed up with violence and disrespect, then I suggest that you never hit or spank children even as discipline ever at all, even with things that are never suppose to be meant for hitting and spanking children. Goodbye.